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2007.06.10 |
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Research Institute of Nursing Care for People
and Community（RINCPC）,University of Hyogo has been designated
as WHO collaborating centre for nursing in disaster and health
emergency management.
The center’s inauguration ceremony will be held on 12 June,
2007 at RINCPC.
We at University of Hyogo, formerly known as College of Nursing
Art and Science Hyogo, have accumulated a wide range of knowledge,
skills and techniques of disaster nursing through our experiences
in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as well as the research
results of our COE program development of a Center of Excellence
for Disaster Nursing in a Ubiquitous Society.? We had filed an
application for designation as WHO collaborating center in order
to serve as a global hub for disaster nursing.? On 24 May, 2007,
we were designated as Japan’s second WHO collaborating centre
in the field of nursing.
Shigeru Omi, Regional Director of WHO Western Pacific Regional
Office, Jean Yan, Chief Scientist of Nursing and Midwifery Office,
WHO, Yoko Nomura, Director of Nursing Division, Ministry of Health,
Labour and Welfare and Koji Miura, Director of Medical Education
Division, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology
are among the guests to the 12 June inauguration ceremony.? With
Governor Toshizo Ido in attendance, Omi will present the designation
certificate to Hiroko Minami, Director of RINCPC.? The centrefs
official name and its objectives are shown below. |
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| WHO Collaborating Centre
Inauguration Ceremony |
| Date & Time: |
Tuesday 12 June 2007, 14:00− |
| Venue: |
Research Institute of Nursing Care for People
and Community (RINCPC)
University of Hyogo
13-71 Kitaohji-cho, Akashi-city, Hyogo, Japan |
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| Program |
| 1. |
Opening remark |
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| 2. |
Designation |
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| 3. |
Address by Governor, Hyogo Prefecture |
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| 4. |
Address of President, University of Hyogo |
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| 5. |
Congratulatory Addresses by Guests |
| 6. |
Introduction of Guests |
| 7. |
Closing remarks |
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| Inaugural Forum |
| Theme: What
we expect for WHO Collaborating Center |
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| Keynote speech |
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Jean Yan, Chief Scientist, Nursing & Midwifery
Office, WHO |
| Panelist |
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Junko Tashiro, Vice Director of
WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Development
in Primary Health Care (St. Luke’s College of Nursing)
Hiroko Minami, Vice President and director of RINCPC,
University of Hyogo
Facilitator: Dr. Noriko Katada, Dean, College of
Nursing Art & Science,
University of Hyogo |
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| Facilitator |
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Noriko Katada, Dean, college of Nursing
Art & Science, University of Hyogo |
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